Trunk.



No. 656,546. Paten'md Aug. 2l, |900.

G. v. HDSSFELD.

TRUNK.

(Application led Dec. 18, 1899.)

(No Modal.)

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UNITED STATES' f,PATnlwr OFFICE.

GEORGE V. HOSSFELD, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,546, dated August 21, 1900. Application filed December 18, 189B. `Serial No. 740,754. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE V. Hoss'rnLD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Topeka, in the county of Shawnee and State of Kansas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of trunks which comprise a case open at one side, a plurality of slidable drawers arranged in said case and movable through the open side thereof, and keepers connected in a hinged manner to the end Walls of the case and adapted to be locked to the face of one of the drawers and serve to secure all of the drawers in their closed position Within the case.

It has for its general 4object to improve the class of trunks mentioned by providing hinged angle-iron keepers which are respectively formed in one piece and in addition to securing the drawers in their closed posi- 4tion in the case are calculated to cover and protect the front corners of the trunk, and thereby materially strengthen the same.

.With the foregoing end in mind the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claim When taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a trunk constructed in accordance with my invention, the same being shown with one of the angleiron keepers open and the other locked in its closed position. Fig. 2 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by the broken line 2 -2 of Fig. 1.

Referring by letter to the-said drawings, A is the case of my improved trunk, which is preferably of rectangular form and open at one side, as indicated by a.

B showsv slidable drawers arranged one above the otherin caseA and movable through the open side thereof. One of" these drawers, preferably the intermediate one, is provided on its face at points adjacent to its ends with lock members l) fora purpose presently pointed out.

OO are my improved angle-iron keepers. These keepers respectively comprise a body c, which is formed in one piece and is of rightangle form in `cross-section and of a length to reach from the top to the bottom of case A, and bumpers d, which have vertical ears e, connected to the singularly-disposed portions of the body c, and horizontal portions f,which are adapted to rest above and below the case A when the keepers are closed, as shown at the right of Fig. 1, for a purpose presently described. v

D shows strap-hinges through the medium of which the keepers C are connected to the end walls of the case, and E are lock members connected to the outer portions of the bodies c of the keepers and adapted when the keepers are closed to be placed in engagement with the lock'members b, and thereby secure said keepers in their closed position and enable them to retain the drawersin the case A.

In using my improved trunk the keepers C are unlocked and swung into an open position, as shown at the left of Fig. 1, when it is desired to open any one of drawers B, while when it is desired to secure the drawers in their closed position said keepers are closed and locked, as shown at the right of Fig. 1.

It will be observed from the foregoing that when the keepers O are closed and locked their inner portions rest against the ends of the case A and their outer portions against the front of the case, and therefore in addition to eectually securing the several drawers B in case A and against casual movement they are enabled to cover and protect the corners of the trunk and prolong the usefulness of the same.

It will also be observed that the bumpers d at the upper and lower ends of the bodies c of the keepers O add to the efficiency of said keepers in protecting the front corners of the trunk, at the upper and lower sides of the same, and also serve by engaging said upper and lower sides of the trunk to hold the bodies c against endwise movement, and thereby remove all strain from the hinges D and the locks. 4

I am Well aware that it is old to provide a trunk at its corners with extension anglepieces which may be adj usted to suit the depth of the trunkand are arranged at their outer ends with buntcrs to cover the corners of the loo vusually provided there.

trunk and act as an auxiliary to the hunters I therefore make no claim to this construction; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a trunk comprising a oase, open at one side, and slidable drawers arranged one above the other in said case and movable through the open side thereof, the Combination with the oase and drawers; of the vertically-dis- 1 posed keepers comprising the bodies c, re-

spectively formed of one piece of metal; the

said bodies being of right-angle form in erosssection and of a length corresponding tothe height of the oase, and adapted when closed to rest against the end Walls andfront of the oase so as to cover and protect the front oorners ofthe same, and retain the drawers therein, and the bumpers CZ having ears connected to the upper and lower ends of the bodies, the

hinges connecting keeper-bodies c to the end 

